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The Jaguars Finally Rank First In Something Besides Ineptitude

We would like to use this moment to offer a formal apology to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Over the past few years, pointing out Jacksonville’s many hilarious inadequacies has been one of our favorite hobbies (like we did here, here and here). And on occasion, we’ve gone out of our way to insert jokes about the […]

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Blake Bortles Is The Tom Brady Of Garbage Time

If the Pro Football Hall of Fame had a special wing for Garbage Time, they’d already be sculpting Blake Bortles’s bust. On the surface, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ signal-caller fits the profile of a perfectly mediocre NFL quarterback. But the traditional stats don’t show the true Bortles: He is the NFL’s best when the game is […]

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Blake Bortles Is The Tom Brady Of Garbage Time

If the Pro Football Hall of Fame had a special wing for Garbage Time, they’d already be sculpting Blake Bortles’s bust. On the surface, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ signal-caller fits the profile of a perfectly mediocre NFL quarterback. But the traditional stats don’t show the true Bortles: He is the NFL’s best when the game is […]

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The NFL Likes Running Backs Again. Kinda, Sorta.

It’s no secret that running backs have been falling out of favor on draft day since the NFL’s pre-1980s ground-and-pound era. The amount of draft value invested in the position has declined continuously over the last half-century. This reached a low point in 2014 when not a single running back was taken in the first […]

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The NFL Likes Running Backs Again. Kinda, Sorta.

It’s no secret that running backs have been falling out of favor on draft day since the NFL’s pre-1980s ground-and-pound era. The amount of draft value invested in the position has declined continuously over the last half-century. This reached a low point in 2014 when not a single running back was taken in the first […]

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